Our Approach

GRA believes that it is essential to fully understand the scope of a project and its associated constraints so as to minimise delays and optimise profitability.

Ultimately when a client engages GRA, they are seeking to appoint a company that has a structural and strategic approach and delivers consistency throughout the project.

There is no doubt that GRA challenges the norms and it is this approach that has achieved significant results for our clients.

Our intimate knowledge of the statutory process also ensures that we consider all options before proceeding and this has resulted in a significantly high success rate.

On this basis, GRA seeks to provide our clients with the following services:

  • Strategy

    Often a client appoints GRA because they have been unsuccessful with previous applications.

    At GRA we consider not just the local planning requirements, but also State Legislation, past precedents and our knowledge of relevant Councillors and Parliamentary protocol.

    GRA uses this information to create a strategy for securing the clients key objectives, whether it is maximum yield, challenging timelines or alternative zoning approvals.

    This strategic approach also ensures a higher degree of success and underpins the design and planning processes.

  • Town Planning

    Once our client has endorsed the strategy, GRA then undertakes all associated work to ensure an effective design outcome for the development.

    Undertaking a thorough site assessment, GRA often works with a wide range of expert consultants to assess environmental, traffic, engineering, community and legal options for the relevant site. Co-ordinating this project team, GRA drives the process to determine the best design outcomes for the client before then meeting with relevant statutory and regulatory bodies with a view of securing their full endorsement.

    GRA project coordinates the entire process thus providing our clients with a strong sense of direction and progress.

  • Project Management

    With the formation of the Project Management division, GRA has enhanced the use of existing industry standards, to ensure projects are delivered to meet client expectations.

    These measures include;

    • Ensuring the client is involved and informed on all phases of the project.
    • Development of a project plan and program detailing roles, milestones, responsibilities and timing for the team;
    • A business plan approach to the projects based on market advice (client or independent); to support assessment of viability and decision making by the client.
    • Supporting the client to achieve designs that are realistic, commercially efficient  and which meet the briefed objective;
    • Management to achieve appropriate ESD standards, that produce a commercially viable project attracting strong market demand;
    • Looking for improvement in the project or the process to enhance the clients expectations;
    • Compliance with client directives.

    This project delivery approach is time tested and reflects the best elements of PMBOK and other industry standards.

    Our Project Management team is focused on the delivery of highly successful projects, which meet and exceed client expectations for budget, timing and quality.